Hermann-Heinrich Behrend

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Hermann-Heinrich Behrend (born August 25, 1898 in Perleberg , † June 19, 1987 in Soltau ) was a German officer , most recently Major General of the Army in World War II .

Life

Promotions

First World War

On June 1, 1915, Behrend joined the fusilier regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm" No. 90 as a war volunteer . In November 1915 he was transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 43 . In this, Behrend acted, beyond the end of the war, until its demobilization at the end of February 1920 as a platoon and company officer as well as an orderly officer. During this time, Behrend attended an officer-aspirant course in Döberitz from May to August 1916 and the corps war school in Gumbinnen from October to December 1919 . On March 31, 1920, Behrend retired from military service with the rank of lieutenant (without a patent).

Interwar years

On January 1, 1924, Behrend was reactivated by the Reichswehr and served in the 1st Infantry Regiment until September 1929 . During his service there, there were several brief assignments to the Pioneer Battalion 1 and to the communications department 1. Furthermore, Behrend attended a weapons training course in Dresden . Most recently he acted as a company officer in his regiment. On October 1, 1930, Behrends was transferred to the 18th Infantry Regiment where he was used as a company commander. He then performed the same function in the Paderborn Infantry Regiment and in the 64th Infantry Regiment of the Wehrmacht until mid-October 1935. On January 31, 1937, Behrend retired from active military service as a result of a serious riding accident. After several months of convalescence, he was now a civilian, and in March 1937 he was appointed defense officer of General Command III at Rheinmetall . He later worked at Borsig AG until the beginning of January 1939 . From January 3, 1939 to the end of May 1939, he served his probationary period as a supplementary officer candidate in Infantry Regiment 16. On February 1, 1939, Behrend was already employed again in the army and became commander on August 25, 1939 as part of the general mobilization of the 1st Battalion of the 489th Infantry Regiment.

Second World War

As the battalion commander of this regiment, Behrend was wounded on the Eastern Front on September 10, 1941 and, after his recovery, was first transferred to the Führer Reserve and from there to the Infantry Replacement Battalion 458 . On December 20, 1941, he was appointed commander of the patrol service groups at the Wehrmacht Commander-in-Chief in Ukraine, whose function he held until July 1942. Subsequently, in August 1942 he was appointed commander of the patrol service at the Wehrmacht commander in Norway and subsequently in December 1942 as commander of the army patrol service for central travel. Relocated to the Führerreserve on May 1, 1943, Behrend was appointed commander of the 154 Grenadier Regiment on May 25, 1943 , which he led until June 20, 1944, interrupted by an illness in October 1943. On June 20, 1944, he rejoined the Führerreserve and was appointed commander of the 529 Grenadier Regiment on July 21, 1944 . After it was broken up in the Vitebsk area , the regiment was assigned to division groups 299 in July 1944 , and Behrend became its commander on August 1, 1944. As early as September 1, 1944, he was commander of the re-established Grenadier Regiment 529 , but he gave up its fortunes again in mid-December 1944. Relocated to the Führerreserve again, Behrend completed the 17-division course from February 13th to March 15th, 1945 and then saw himself transferred to the Führerreserve again. On April 1, 1945 he was given the command of the 490th Infantry Division , of which he became commander on April 17, 1945. The division fought under his command, first in northern Germany, later in the Teutoburg Forest and finally in the Sage area . On May 8, 1945, Behrend was taken prisoner by the British, where he was in command of the POW group named after him until March 1946. On May 15, 1947, he was released from this.

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley : Die Generale des Heeres 1921–1945, Part IV, Volume 1: Abberger – Bitthorn , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2423-9 , pp. 283–284

credentials

  1. ↑ a b Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 139 ( google.de [accessed on May 1, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Behrend, Hermann-Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Pearl Mountain
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1987
Place of death Soltau